In an accident, three civilians and an army officer were killed when two civilian cars collided on a road near a village south of the northern city of Kirkuk, Kirkuk police Major Sabah al-Obaidi told Xinhua news agency.

Another military officer and two civilians were injured as a result of the accident, al-Obaidi said, adding that the accident was the result of overtaking.

In a separate accident, four civilians were killed when two cars collided on the main road between Kirkuk and Tikrit, the capital of Salahuddin province, Al-Obaidi said, Xinhua news agency reported.

Last month, Planning Ministry spokesperson Abdul-Zahra al-Hindawi said a report from the ministry showed that there were 11,552 traffic accidents in Iraq in 2023, killing 3,019 people, mainly due to negligence of traffic rules and deteriorating road conditions. Due to the situation.